Monday, December 13, 2004

I like this line from Carlo LaParo, spokesman for Secretary of State Ken Blackwell:

"You get to the point where you essentially have to say, 'You know what? I prefer my nuts dry roasted. Thank you.' "

Okay, you need a little background:

"If they are permitted to select the next president of the United States, our democracy is at an end," thundered Ray Beckerman, a New York City lawyer who runs a Web log devoted entirely to Ohio's presidential election.

The Kerry campaign says Bush won Ohio. Democratic National Committee Chairman Terry McAuliffe says Bush won Ohio. The Democrats who serve on the county boards of elections say Bush won Ohio.

What are the chances of Bush's 119,000-vote victory, which puts him over the top in the Electoral College vote, being overturned?

"None," said Carlo LaParo, spokesman for Secretary of State Ken Blackwell.

"These accusations are absurd," he said. "Come on. You answer the questions and you provide explanations. And yet these folks still don't believe you. You get to the point where you essentially have to say, 'You know what? I prefer my nuts dry roasted. Thank you.' "